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Do rocks dissolve?
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Acid rain is caused by pollution and can damage the Earth
In A rock such as granite, one of the mineral components, feld-spar, is dissolved by acid rainwater to form clay. This makes the other minerals in granite - quartz and mica - fall loose to form sand.
 
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